It is interesting to note that the top-level advisory body in education, the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), has decided to review the no-detention policy up to Class VIII, a decision taken at the instance of then HRD minister Kapil Sibal four years ago. The CABE has over 35 experts nominated by the HRD minister, and others are ex-officio members numbering well over 100. One could be sure, if Sibal was still heading the MHRD, CABE would not have taken this step. A study of the MHRD has stated the obvious: the commitment of students to education has declined after no detention up to Class VIII was introduced. The committee finds that this provision has made students lackadaisical and teachers ‘non-serious’.